ANZANG 2015 Animal portrait shortlist

June 17, 2015

The Australian Geographic 2015 ANZANG Animal Portrait competition asked for photographs of animals in close-up. Thirty percent of the frame had to be taken up by the animal. Creatures of the land, air and sea all feature in this stunning shortlist.

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CAPE BARREN GEESE, CEREOPSIS NOVAEHOLLANDIE. Bird Belch, Maria Island, Tasmania. Cape Barren geese spend much of their time with their head down, picking at grasses, grazing like little avian cows. Occasionally they would lift their head and silently open their beaks – maybe a threat display, maybe to let the gas from fermenting grass in the gut escape. Nikon D800, 500mm f/4 VR, 1/1250, f/7.1, ISO 200, monopod